Could new discovery play a role in diagnosing Alzheimer’s earlier?

Scientists have detected that a previously overlooked gene behavior could potentially lead to a new way to diagnose Alzheimer’s earlier. Published in the journal Epigenetics, an international research team’s findings – discovered in mice and confirmed in human samples – suggest that the gene Presenilin1 (PSEN1) should be monitored as a ‘biomarker’: to see what…

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New algorithm tracks pediatric sepsis epidemiology using clinical data

Philadelphia, February 27, 2020–Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have developed a novel computational algorithm to track the epidemiology of pediatric sepsis, allowing for the collection of more accurate data about outcomes and incidence of the condition over time, which is essential to the improvement of care. The tool was described in a paper…

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Lessons learned from addressing myths about Zika and yellow fever outbreaks in Brazil

When disease epidemics and outbreaks occur, conspiracy theories often emerge that compete with the information provided by public health officials. A Dartmouth-led study in Science Advances finds that information used to counter myths about Zika in Brazil not only failed to reduce misperceptions but also reduced the accuracy of people’s other beliefs about the disease.…

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University Hospitals part of study showing ‘Fast Breast MRIs’ outperform 3-D mammograms

CLEVELAND — According to a new study published Feb. 25 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, abbreviated breast magnetic resonance imaging (also known as “Fast Breast MRI”) detected significantly more cancers than digital breast tomosynthesis (3-D mammography) in average-risk women with dense breast tissue. The study compared Fast Breast MRI, which is a…

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First-ever pathology of the early phase of lung infection with the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19)

Denver–An international team of clinicians and researchers for the first time have described the pathology of the SARS-CoV-2, or coronavirus, and published their findings in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, the journal of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. The article’s senior author, Shu-Yuan Xiao, M.D., from the University of Chicago Medicine…

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